ELI5; When you close your eyes at night you see all these colours, and when you press your eyes they become more and more vilbrant the harder you push. What are those and where do they come from?

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ELI5; When you close your eyes at night you see all these colours, and when you press your eyes they become more and more vilbrant the harder you push. What are those and where do they come from?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I believe you’re talking about closed-eye hallucinations. All the other answers I see here aren’t mentioning this and I believe that’s because most people don’t get them. I’m 41 and I just learned this. I thought everyone had this. I have level 3.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-eye_hallucination